Moult

greenlands · November 3, 2017

Now that the dust has settled and everyone's concentrating on the moult or even showing,how are your bird doing flight wise ?

My old birds are nearly all on the last some finished,young birds are well on as they only got one disastrous race so enough was enough,handled a few this morning some with 9th out others 10th,only getting out once/twice a week for a bath depending on the weather.

feeding on what was left over from racing plus beans.

dal2 · November 3, 2017

Old yins on last and the ybs maybe 2 to go. On a resting mix so no hurry another couple of months before pairing so all good

alex young · November 3, 2017

Old birds nearly through just a couple with one to throw, never reared y/bs to race but bred a few off stock which were not darkened and these are growing the last flight.

philg50 · November 3, 2017

Youngsters mostly on last flights old doos well on ,they are lookin good though ,feeding protien economy and irish mix 50/50 of each .

Tony C · November 3, 2017

I've a question regarding the moulting of primary flights:

How many days does it take for outer primary flights to grow 1 inch?

A rule of thumb answer would be fine.

Kyleakin Lofts · November 3, 2017

Most of the OB's either finished or on last flight. YB's at varying stages depending on which round they were. Some really late ones not started throwing yet, so will be raced with nest flights next year.

greenbar · November 3, 2017

90% of them are done,even the bad ones look good.

paddymac · November 3, 2017

Old birds are either finished or on their last flight. Ybs are all through their moult and looking well.

Tony C · November 4, 2017

I've a question regarding the moulting of primary flights:

How many days does it take for outer primary flights to grow 1 inch?

A rule of thumb answer would be fine.

My guesstimate on this is primaries 1-5 grow a tad quicker at a 1/4'' a day whilst 6-10 grow 1/5'' a day. Would be handy to know for sure.